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Somehow, it was a beautiful thing
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Chasing the Present

Somehow, it wasa beautiful thing because I became successfulfinancially and materially and...

Somehow, it was
a beautiful thing because I became successful
financially and materially and accomplished these things,
but I feel like somehow, where I'm being drawn to
is the complete opposite

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Somehow, it was a beautiful thing
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because I became successful financially and materially
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and accomplished these things, but I feel like somehow,
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where I'm being drawn to is the complete opposite.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:41
Uploaded
Jun 05, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A materially successful young man, riddled with anxiety embarks on a worldwide journey of self inquiry, uncovering deep truths about who and what he is.
This ego part of myself is so strong and so powerful. - Chasing the Present 00:04
This ego part of myself is so strong and so powerful.
It's been just fed for the last 34 years of my life. - Chasing the Present 00:05
It's been just fed for the last 34 years of my life.
It's being fed and fed and fed and fed, - Chasing the Present 00:08
It's being fed and fed and fed and fed,
And it was really overwhelming to see like, shit, - Chasing the Present 00:13
And it was really overwhelming to see like, shit,
What I would really like to hear for myself and understand - Chasing the Present 00:08
What I would really like to hear for myself and understand
It's not on a schedule or something, - Chasing the Present 00:04
It's not on a schedule or something,
I do feel like sometimes, my mind - Chasing the Present 00:04
I do feel like sometimes, my mind
Mata Maharshi, probably the sage of the 20th century, - Chasing the Present 00:13
Mata Maharshi, probably the sage of the 20th century,
Western philosophy, only one or two people - Chasing the Present 00:10
Western philosophy, only one or two people
During like... meditate and just on that "make that - Chasing the Present 00:06
During like... meditate and just on that "make that
Is it simple enough to say like, - Chasing the Present 00:09
Is it simple enough to say like,
But even more fundamental than that is saying, OK, - Chasing the Present 00:07
But even more fundamental than that is saying, OK,
If we don't have the sufferer, there is no suffering. - Chasing the Present 00:05
If we don't have the sufferer, there is no suffering.
There are an infinite number of pleasures and possibilities - Chasing the Present 00:12
There are an infinite number of pleasures and possibilities
Every lack, there's an I there. - Chasing the Present 00:04
Every lack, there's an I there.
And if you just keep going after that I, - Chasing the Present 00:06
And if you just keep going after that I,
And you keep watching, keep asking, now, where is James? - Chasing the Present 00:06
And you keep watching, keep asking, now, where is James?
And you find out that in fact, James isn't a real thing. - Chasing the Present 00:06
And you find out that in fact, James isn't a real thing...
Every time, James will meet somebody, a different person... - Chasing the Present 00:04
Every time, James will meet somebody, a different person...
You talk to Mark, or if you talk to Anna, - Chasing the Present 00:09
You talk to Mark, or if you talk to Anna,